English - Chapter 89 - Al-Fajr

and then nights

by that which is double, and that which is single

and by the night when it cometh on

Is there not in this an oath formed with understanding

Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt with Ad

the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings

the like whereof hath not been erected in the land

and with Thamud, who hewed the rocks in the valley into houses

and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes

Who had behaved insolently in the earth

and multiplied corruption therein

Wherefore thy Lord poured on them various kinds of chastisement

For thy Lord is surely in a watch-tower, whence He observeth the actions of men

Moreover man, when his Lord trieth him by prosperity, and honoureth him, and is bounteous unto him, saith, my Lord honoureth me

But when He proveth him by afflictions, and withholdeth his provisions from him, he saith, my Lord despiseth me

By no means: But ye honour not the orphan

neither do ye excite one another to feed the poor

and ye devour the inheritance of the weak, with undistinguishing greediness

and ye love riches, with much affection

By no means should ye do thus. When the earth shall be minutely ground to dust

and thy Lord shall come, and the angels rank by rank

and hell, on that day, shall be brought nigh: On that day shall man call to remembrance his evil deeds; but how shall remembrance avail him

He shall say, would to God that I had heretofore done good works in my life-time

On that day none shall punish with his punishment

nor shall any bind with his bonds

O thou soul which art at rest

return unto thy Lord, well pleased with thy reward, and well pleasing unto God

Enter among my servants

and enter my paradise